Prosperity bank credit plan touted by G Arnold Rueben
G Arnold Rueben claims a universal monthly credit of 100 per adult paid by banks will inject 6 billion dollars monthly, tax the same way, and ultimately repay banks with no government cost. He asserts the plan could erase poverty, end crime, and pay the national debt in two years if adopted worldwide.
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Upton Sinclair
F. F. Townsend
Huey Long
G. Arnold Rueben
Chicago
Mr. Rueben
Prosperity Bank
Rueben
Edison
Electric Power Shortage Feared In Case Of War
The first official national power survey warns of a dangerous potential shortage of electric power if the United States enters war. It calls for rapid construction of new plants totaling 3 to 4 million kilowatts and capital spending around 300 million dollars, plus continued federal supervision of sites and rates.
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Washington
United States
Federal Power Commission
Roosevelt
Boulder Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
East
Middle West
Death penalty for planting poppies in Fukien province
In Fukien China authorities decree capital punishment for anyone planting poppies to curb opium trafficking. One million copies of the death decree will be dropped from airplanes across the province as farmers shift away from opium crops. The note compares modern costs of killing soldiers to ancient times.
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Foochow
China
Fukien
Indian mass wedding ties 374 infant couples in Kathaiwar meadow
In Bombay region, 374 infant couples were married Sunday in a meadow near Kathaiwar. Young brides and grooms, some in arms, stood barefoot as parents organized their futures according to longstanding Indian customs.
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Bombay
India
Kathaiwar
Reilly Bills Hauptmann $25,000 for Legal Fees
Edward J. Reilly chief of the staff of attorneys who defended Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh case has presented a $25,000 bill to Hauptmann in his deathhouse cell. Hauptmann says he cannot pay, and Reilly may seek to attach the defense fund or have Mrs Hauptmann contribute. Mrs Hauptmann tours the country raising funds and has reportedly gathered at least $50,000 with support from German émigrés and others.
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N. J
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Hauptmann
Hauptman
Reilly
Egbert Rosecrans
Hauptmann
State Prison
Hauptmann Defense Fund
He Should Have Stayed Down First Crook
Dialogue fragment recounting a crime scene with two crooks discussing a death caused by scaffolding collapse and a hanging, preserving the tense exchange and regional speech.
Widow and bankrupt husband joke exchange
A wife teases her husband about lifetime commitment while he retorts that he vowed to go through fire and water but not to bankruptcy. The light exchange highlights financial strain within a marriage as a humorous moment.
Relief Funds Link Says $4 Million On Hand
Washington reports relief funds at $4,000,000 on hand with only 10 hours of spending left at February rates and borrowing power for two to three days. Officials reveal March expenditures hit $163,000,000, the highest since 1933.
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Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Bureau of Budget
War and Peace sermon targets war profits and disarmament
Rev. H G May of Dallas spoke at Brooklyn Avenue Methodist Church on Armistice Day arguing munition makers profit from war and must be disarmed by international agreement. He cited Paul and George Seldes, urged ending the cash register approach to war and warned of a future war with gas and bacteria.
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Dallas
Sun
May
R. May
Whitewright
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Mr. May
Paul
Europe
United States
George Seldes
Woman Convicted of Starving Children Faces Death
In Berlin, Frau Clara Juenemann was convicted of letting three of her children starve and die of thirst while she spent municipal dole payments at cafes and dance halls. Her execution, tied to the death sentence, was expected to be postponed as she is due to have another child.
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Berlin
Frau Clara Juenemann
Frau Juenemann
Dole
Such a Good Laxative Says Nurse Writing Home
Mrs. Anna LaPlante of Festus Missouri, a practical nurse, recommends Black-Draught to patients for constipation and headache. She used it and felt fine after a few doses, noting it is a good purely vegetable laxative sold in millions of packages annually.
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Festus
Anna LaPlante
Thedford
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